Quiz Show

Name: Quiz Show
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: 1994-10-07
Duration: 2 h 13 min
Rating: 7.50
Cast: Paul Scofield, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro

– Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.50 / 10

Duration:

2 Hours and 13 Minutes

Release Year:

1994

Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s.

Styles:

Interesting, Dramatic, Intellectual, Talky, Sincere, Witty, Clever, Thought Provoking, Realistic, Serious

Story Timeline:

1950s, 20th Century

Producing Country:

USA

Filming Locations:

Boston, New York, USA

Genre:

History, Biography, Drama

Quiz Show (1994) - Trailer

Release Date:

07 Oct 1994

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Directed by:

Robert Redford

Story Written By:

Richard N. Goodwin, Paul Attanasio

Main Actors:

Paul Scofield, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro

Plot:

An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show "Twenty-One": Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story.

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 28 nominations.

Production Company:

Buena Vista Internationa

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

96%

Metacritic:

88%